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Me With A Newspaper On My Face, Running
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft Over the weekend, Mini-Bash had his field day at school. Kids ran races, play instruments, sang songs. It was a good time. There, of course, were a couple parent child races — you know, the stuff they do to embarrass the parents so the children can laugh and point. One of…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 5, 2009 -
New 250GB Bundles Box Art Looks Like This, Apparently! [Update]
Europe is getting a bunch of 250GB PlayStation 3 bundles. Besides coming packaged with a game and sporting a bigger hard drive, the bundles also have something else going for them: New box color. Pictured is supposedly the box for Need for Speed: Shift. We dig the gray-silver. It’s so sophisticated. Update: Below is the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 5, 2009 -
Hideo Kojima Shows His Guns
Back when we interviewed Hideo Kojima at this year’s Tokyo Game Show, Jin from Japanese blog My Game News Flash kept asking about Kojima’s muscles. Here’s why. The game designer has been pumping iron. But Kojima blogs that because of the Tokyo Game Show, he wasn’t able to hit the gym that much. He gained…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 5, 2009 -
Ready To Rat Out R4 Sellers? Nintendo Is Here To Help
Earlier this year, Nintendo announced that it and 54 software game companies were filing a lawsuit with the Tokyo District Court against companies that import “R4 Revolution”-type devices, using the Unfair Competition Prevention Law as the legal grounding. According to Nintendo, such devices hurts the growth of the entire game industry and steps must be…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 5, 2009 -
ICO Creator Keen To Make First-Person Game [Update]
Team ICO head Fumito Ueda is best known for moody, emotional titles like ICO and Shadow of the Colossus. That doesn’t mean Ueda isn’t itchy to bust a cap in your ass. The game designer told G4 that he is interested in making a first-person shooters game. Just listen to him say it: “I have…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 5, 2009 -
But Does Forza 3 Look Different From Forza 2?
Forza Motorsport 2 was released in May 2007. Forza Motorsport 3 will be released later this month. Lots can happen in two years, but is one of those things a radical overhaul in graphics? Swedish site Gamereactor Sverige reportedly took the pictured screenshots and compared Forza 2 and Forza 3. What’s more, these are screenshots…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 5, 2009 -
Princess Peach In A Kimono! Nintendo’s Kyoto Event
Over the weekend in Kyoto, Nintendo participated in the Kyoto Cross Media Experience 2009. There were demo kiosks as well as an exhibit about Nintendo video game history, dating 1983-2009. More pics from Japanese site Inside-Games in the link below. 【KYOTO Cross Media Experience 2009】京都でNintendoゲームイベント！朝から多くのファンが駆けつける | インサイド [Inside-Games]
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 5, 2009 -
Brothers in Arms
To: Bash From: Owen Re: Friday Today is my big brother Fletch’s birthday. Yes, it’s a week after mine, even though he’s 2 years older. I’m certain my father, in a cost-saving move, convinced Mom to conceive on the same dates so that we’d have a childhood full of “and this is for both of…
By Owen Good Published October 4, 2009 -
Modern Warfare 2 “Infamy” Trailer: The War Comes Home
“Infamy,” the heavily anticipated Modern Warfare 2 trailer is now live on Infinity Ward’s site. In it, a narration of the biblical story of the first murder introduces sequences that depict Washington under seige. Modern Warfare 2: Infamy [Infinity Ward]
By Owen Good Published October 4, 2009 -
Demon’s Souls Might Break Street Date; the Servers Won’t
If you manage to get your hands on a copy of Demon’s Souls early, good for you. However, publisher Atlus says no servers will come online until its release date of Oct. 6 (Tuesday). You may still play it singleplayer, but if you try to connect to a North American server before then, you’ll get…
By Owen Good Published October 4, 2009 -
Molyneux, Asked About Natal/Fable, Jokes About His Assassination
Sure, Peter Molyneux‘s studio is developing Milo, the proof-of-concept Microsoft used to unveil Project Natal at E3. But he’s clear he “never said” Fable III wouldn’t incorporate Natal. Then he jokes about being eliminated for discussing it. In an interview at the PICNIC Conference in the Netherlands last week, Molyneux’s interviewer basically stipulates that there…
By Owen Good Published October 4, 2009 -
There’s No Stopping the Zombie Genre
I suppose you could say “Zombie Driver” was Morgan Freeman’s job description when he shuttled around the decaying Miss Daisy in 1989. Here, Exor Studios interprets it as an unstoppable sedan packed with firearms mowing down the leprous undead. I dunno. Looks about as mindless as your opposition. Then again, that can be fun, too…
By Owen Good Published October 4, 2009 -
Weekend Timewaster: GrowBox
Been a while since we’ve done these. Here’s GrowBox, courtesy of King.com. The object is to pick up all of the gold orbs, but consuming them makes your box grow, so the board must be navigated in a specific order. There are multipliers for speedy finishes, and objects that can temporarily shrink you, turn you…
By Owen Good Published October 4, 2009 -
Kotaku’s Top 5 List of Top 10 Lists
Each week throws off several new video game lists ranging from the humorous to the trivial. What’s better? A list of those. Here’s a roundup of the rundowns out there. •10 Worst Ways to Spend Your Time in a Game [TechRadar] Grinding, grinding, and grinding. And sewer levels. Also farming or mining any resources. And…
By Owen Good Published October 4, 2009 -
Week in Games: Where Video Game Happens
This week the NBA jumps out of the gym with three titles on five platforms – with only the PSP being common to all of them. Weird. Another full-Ginsberg release is Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes, on six. Other big-name bets: Saw on PS3 and 360. Lucidity on PC and 360, South Park…
By Owen Good Published October 4, 2009 -
There’s Something in the Box …
And now the thrilling conclusion to yesterday’s BioShock 2 telegram mystery. The folks who got a cable yesterday were paid a visit today by the Speedy Brothers delivery boy again, this time bearing a mysterious package. We’ve gotten tips from a reader as well as Network 23, so far the only ones to post a…
By Owen Good Published October 4, 2009 -
A First Look at Guitar Hero: Van Halen
Those who ordered Guitar Hero 5 in September and took advantage of the free Guitar Hero: Van Halen offer are starting to get their game in the mail, offering a peek at something that’s flown under the radar until now. The game arrives in a promotion-copy-only sleeve, with the same advisory stamped on the disc…
By Owen Good Published October 4, 2009 -
K8
TABLE OF CONTENTS Sept/Oct 2009 Kid And Play Gaming Before Chemo, A Child’s Escape by Owen Good Star Power Four Out Of Five Stars: How User Ratings Will Boost Your Xbox Experience by Blake Snow $40 For That Old Thing? How Used Games Are Priced by Mike Fahey Visit Scenic New Mombasa Halo 3 ODST…
By Brian Crecente Published October 4, 2009